Comment on HTTPS on homelab (just locally)
gencha@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I roll out Step CA to my workstation with an Ansible role. All other clients on the lab trust this CA and are allowed to request certificates for themselves through ACME, like LetsEncrypt.
All my services on all clients on the network are exposed through traefik, which also handles the ACME process.
When it comes to Jellyfin, this is entirely counter-productive. Your media server needs to be accessible to be useful. Jellyfin should be run with host networking to enable DLNA, which will never pass through TLS. Additionally, not all clients support custom CAs. Chromecast or the OS on a TV are prime candidates to break once you move your Jellyfin entirely behind a proxy with custom CA certificates. You can waste a lot of time on this and achieve very little. If you only use the web UI for Jellyfin, then you might not care, but I prefer to keep this service out of the fancy HTTPS setup.
TCB13@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just be aware of the risks involved with running your own CA.
gencha@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Fuck that. People like to act like running an SMTP server or a CA is some major shit, while everyone is fucking up on these subjects every single day.
TCB13@lemmy.world 2 months ago
SMTP with good delivery and whatnot is entirely possible it just takes an IP with a good reputation and enough patience to read and understand the ISPmail guide and a few other details. Running a CA is a security vulnerability and a major pain if you plan to deploy it to the devices of your entire family.
gencha@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Can’t disagree with any of that. But I still like doing it